IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona will be the home of the 2018 IRONMAN EMEA TriClub Championship.

Known for its beautiful location at the "Costa del Maresme" and its distinctive lighthouse landmark, Calella is renowned as a tourism and sport hotspot. The city offers countless restaurants, an energetic nightlife, golden beaches, abundant water sports and many outdoor activities. A friendly city of 19,000 situated 50 km from Catalonia's economic and political center of Barcelona. Calella has quickly become one of Europe's up-and-coming triathlon hotspots, which is one of many reasons why this city will host the new EMEA IRONMAN TriClub Championship Final in May of 2018.

17 Qualification Races all over Europe, Middle East, and Africa are leading up to this final championship race. All clubs who place in the top three of their division at one of the qualifying races will be awarded a slot to the IRONMAN EMEA TriClub Championship. However, unlike the qualifying events, where each member of the club is counted in the ranking total, the championship will only take the five athletes with the highest amount of points into consideration for the club’s total ranking. The club with the highest total amount of points will be crowned the 2018 IRONMAN EMEA TriClub champion.

Clubs have the chance to race IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona this year to test the course and attempt to qualify, as it is one of the 17 qualification races of the EMEA IRONMAN TriClub Championship series in 2017. Athletes who participate in the Barcelona event will enjoy a one-loop swim in the Mediterranean Sea that starts and finishes on the beach of Calella. Then the 90-km bike heads inland on closed roads before returning to the transition area on the beach. Finally, the two-loop run heads along the coast to a turnaround at Pineda before making its way to the epic finish line

We are excited to announce the new location for our IRONMAN EMEA TriClub Championship and we look forward to seeing which TriClubs will qualify and ultimately compete for the top spot on the podium. Good luck!